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Non pet-friendly parks in the doghouse Caravan canines doted on as children, howls journo
By Dennis Amor
THE THORNY question of whether pooches should be allowed in
caravan parks has been highlighted by a NSW scribe.
This requires the longer 'yes, I am friendly to pets and I'm delighted that you have one. But no, I don't want your dog in my park'. "It used to be that the only parks that allowed dogs were desperate for business, and for good reason, but these days it seems that half allow dogs," Jeff complains. "Some allow dogs in cabins, which means that the cabin you rent today may have had terriers scraping their protruding bits along the lounge yesterday." And he ponders: "Hey, if we have to pay for children at caravan parks why not for dogs?" He points out that the change in attitute towards canines in the last 30 years has been inexorable. "Today dogs are not pets but family members, doted on as children," he explains. "Above all, a dog is now regarded as having a right to life, even a right to a good life, when until 20 years ago those rights were at the owner's whim. "Soon, I expect, dogs will have a right to be free of discrimination from such as caravan park owners." BACK TO CARAVANNING NEWS MAIN PAGE No part of this
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